Powder or shot feeding mechanism



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U- S HISEY.

POWDER 0R SHOT FEEDING MEOEANISM. No 528,097.. Patented Oct. 23, 1894.

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CHARLES S. HISEY, OF AURORA, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR TOELLIOTT S. RICE,

,o'F CHICAG 0, ILLINOIS.

rowoan on SHOT FEEDING MECHANISM.

SPECIFICATION forming of Letters Patent No. 528.097, dated October 28, 1894.

Application filed March 27,1894.

eel-in No. 505.244. (No mode 1.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES S. HISEY, a citizen of theUnited States, residing at Aurora, in the county of Dearborn and State of Indiana, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Powder or Shot Feeding Mechanism; and I do hereby declare'thefollowing to he a full, clear, and exact description of the invention. such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. My inventionrelates to improvements in cartridge loading machines, and to the. particular class of said machines which is constructed and adapted to charge or fill shot gun cartridges, and it consists in an improved powder or shot feeding device to be hereinafter fully described and particularly pointed out in the claims. a

In automatic cartridge loading machines, whether of the endless chain type, such as that shown and described inmy Patent No. 505,423, or of the type shown in my Patent No. 480,015, or of that shown'in the companion joint application of myself and Elliott S. Rice, filed on M arch 1, 1894,.Serial No. 501,935, it is an object to have all the separatemechanisms which make up the cartridge loading machine as simple in construction as possible, and to have them take up as little space as possible. In machines of this class, the size of each part is regulated to a certain extent by the size of the largest part, and it has been" found impossible toreduee the'size 3 5 of the machinesshown in my former patents,

on account of the space which has to be assignedto the powder and the shot feeding devices, and the conseguentregulation of the distances-between the other parts so'that a 4o uniform travel of the cartridge shells from one loading station to another may be had. v My invention has for its object to provide/ a powder or shot feeding.device, which will be simpler in construction jand operation 5 than those now in use, which can be situated directly over the line of travel of the shell carrier, can be actuated by a rod passing through the reciprocating cross head, and which will occTapy very much less space than I accomplish the object of my invention by the use of a revoluble charger mounted in the powder or shot feeding tubes, which tubes are placed directly over the shell carrier and actuated by means operated by the power shaft. I form in the surface of the revoluble charger a recess or pocket, whose bottom surface is composed of a spring pressed plunger, normally set to any desired position by an adjusting screw, but adapted togive' and prevent mutilation of the shot should any clogging of the same occur.

My invention is fully illustrated in the drawings accompanying and forming a part of this application, in which the same refer-- ence letters and numerals refer to the same or corresponding parts, and in which- Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of a cartridge loading-machine, having the powder and shot feeding devices shown in position thereon. Fig. .2 is a detail perspective view of one of the feeding devices, and Fig. 3 is a cross section of the same.

Referring to the drawings, 1 represehts the machine bed ortable, It is rectangular in form, and is supported from the ground by the standards 2. In-the upper surface of the table is cut a deep groove, approximately elliptical in form, in which move the shell carrier blocks A, and on both sides of which 4 sets of loading tools may be placed.

3 is the main power shaft of the machine, and is jou'rnaled centrally between the stand-- ards of the machine table in cross pieces run- 'ning between the same. I

r. To the top of the machine table are bolted the upright castings 5, which form bearings for the double cross head B, through which pass the rods operating the powder and shot feeding devices. The ends of the cross head project through slots formed in the casting 5,- and connection is made between said cross head and the centralpower shaft by the'oonlower ends to cranks on the power shaft. The castings are connected together at the top, in order to give them firmness and rigidity, by the tie-plate 7.

The powder and shot feeding tubes, II and 10c 50 such devices have heretofore occupied in machines of this character. V

line of travel of the shell carrier, and extend necting rods 6, which are attached at their 5 VI, are placed at suitable points along the' i of. travel, a base of support being provided -for them by the supplemental table K. A-

short distance above the supplemental table, the powder and shot feeding tubes are rounded out to receive therevoluble chargers E, in the surfaces of which recesses or pockets E are culginwhich the'charges are received. The charge containing recesses or pocketsE'fi are made adjustable, so as to contain varying charges of powder and shot, by having their lower surfaces formed by the spring pressed pistons E, theposition of which is determined by the philister headed screws E which-pass from opposite sides of the revoluble chargers through screw threaded-openings in the piston. Slots E are cut in the rounded out portions of the powder and shot feeding tubes on the side opposite to that of the rotatiouof. the charge containing recesses, by means of which access to the screws which regulate the contents ofsuch recesses may be had.

By forming the bottom of the charge containing recesses or pocketsE' of spring pressed pistons, not only are such recesses or pockets made adjustable, but mutilation of the shot and locking of, the charger is prevented, should one of the shot be caught between the edge of the charge containing recess and the side of the shot feeding tube. This might happen with large sized shot, but in the construction of charges here shown no difliculty will be occasioned thereby, for should a shot become solodged, it would force the spring pressed piston which forms the bottomof the charge containing recess down, and thus avoid inu J fi oun'ted on the pins which afford bearings for the revoluble chargers Eare gear wheels. II and VI. With these gear wheels mesh the toothed portions of the rods II and.Vl, which pass through apertures in the cross head B, and are provided'with collars, so that the cross head, in moving up and down, after passing the stage between the two 'eollars, will strike one of the collars and thus.

the chargers E betweeuthe two positions they occupy, namely, (first) that in which the charge containing recesses E are in a position to receive chargesfand, (second,) that in which they 'are readyto discharge their charges. The action thus-aflordedis positive and certain. The force required to rotate the charger is ufficient to preyent the mere weight of the toothed [rods 'from'causin such rotation. These rods are therefore hel in position. Bottom guides are formed for the same by the castings E .The simplicity of the mechanism is such that there is no danger of its getting out of order, and the dwell'aiforded while the cross head 18 passing between the collars on-the actuating rods insures the proper receiving and delivering of the charges. This dwell may .be made to occupy any desired portion of a revolution of the power shaft by suitably placing the collars on the actuating rods and arranging the gears. V

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

bination with a powder or shot feeding tube, or a revoluble charger mounted therein, having a recess or pocket in its surface whose bottom is formed by a spring pressed piston, means for normally setting said piston in any desired position, and means for operating the charger, substantially as described.

2. In a cartridge loading machine, the combination with powder or shot feeding tube, .of the revolubl cylinderE mounted'therein, having therecess or pocket E cut in its surface, whose bottom is formed by the spring pressed piston E, the screw E for'normally setting the piston in any desired position, and means for operating the charger, substantially as descrihed. 4

In testimony whereof Iaflix my signature in presence of two witnesses. v I

' "CHARLES S. HISEY.

Witnesses;

J. Lows: WHITE,

move the rods up or down, there'by rotating J osEPH D. WOOD.

. 1. In a cartridge loa'ding'machine, the com- I 

